Professional Career 1985-Present:

  • Professional Health Educator in Private Practice, Functional Medicine RN-Health Coach-Herbalist, 1992-Present

  • Registered Nurse in hospitals, doctor’s offices, universities, public schools, & Red Cross Instructor

  • Faculty & Staff Fitness Trainer, Syracuse University Body-Mind-Spirit Fitness: created individualized fitness plans; fitness trained clients; performed fitness evaluations, body composition, & cholesterol testing for faculty & staff; taught Weight Training & Fitness credit courses to SU students

  • Health Education Teacher:

    Public & Private Schools in NY: Syracuse CSD, Canton CSD, Parishville Hopkinton CSD, Little River Community School - Canton, NY

    NYS Jr. & Sr. High Health Ed, Elementary Health Ed, Environmental Health, Human Sexuality, Child Birth - Parenting - Household Management classes

  • Adjunct Instructor: SUNY Potsdam Community Health Department, SUNY Canton Nursing Department, Syracuse University Research & Teaching Assistant, Human Disease, Drug Studies, School Health Education, Nutrition, Nursing Clinical

  • Yoga Teacher/Mentor: Sacred Circle Mentorship, Yoga Practitioner x 30+ Years

  • Handcrafted Herbal product creation & sales: ointments, salves, teas, & lotions, 2000-present

Professional Licenses & certifications:

  • NYS Registered Professional Nurse

  • NYS Health Education Teacher

  • NYS Physical Education Teacher

  • Professional Holistic Health Coach

  • Community Herbalist

  • Trauma Informed Herbalist, American Herbalist Guild

  • ERYT® 200 & RYT 500 Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher

  • Energy Medicine Practitioner: Mesa Carrier in the Peruvian Q’ero tradition & Reiki Master

  • Sound Healing

  • Yoga Nidra & Trauma Informed Yoga certification, Michelle Young, MVP Yoga

Education: 

  • K-12 grade, Brasher Falls Central School (St. Lawrence Central), Brasher Falls, NY

  • Associate’s Degree *Registered Nurse, SUNY Canton, NY

  • Bachelor’s Degree Health Education, SUNY Cortland, NY

  • Master’s Degree Physical Education: Wellness and Fitness Promotion, Syracuse University, NY

  • Doctorate in Shamanic Studies (Energy Medicine), Psycho-Spiritual Counseling, Venus Rising University affiliate of UNC, Chapel Hill

Wise Woman Nurse® Health Education & Training 

  • Functional Medicine/Nutrition
  • Functional Movement
  • Herbal Plant Medicine 
  • Yoga, 1000+ hour trained Yoga Teacher
  • Natural Medicine, Energy Medicine, Shamanic Practices, Medical Astrology
  • Holistic Business Courses

    Full details of all course work here

Professional Memberships:

**90% of my Registered Nursing experience was in Women & Maternal-Child Health; working with women in all stages of life to transform female health and energy. I bring this knowledge and experience to my Female Healing Classes and my Voluptuous V Feminine Care Product.